Fun with the Schofields

There are so many stories of crazy, fun times that I had with Rach, Mark and the kids. Maybe a list will be faster and more convenient to read..

-Unpacking the basement at the farm - throwing the bags at each other and moving 20 thousand tons of food storage (I might be exaggerating a little)

-Taking the kids on walks to the temple so they could play in the fountains

-Shelly asking me to stay a week longer and me actually doing it

-Went to the temple with Nate, the first family member I've gone with since I went through last year

-We found a park with a huge hill and I, of course, had to teach Shelly how to roll down it!

-Emily asking me to "put your computer down and play with me"

-Annie laughing and waddling towards me every morning to give me a hug

-Hanging out with Nate and maybe developing a crush on one of his roommates..apparently I'm attracted to men that are sarcastic and use big words...but we won't talk about that :)

-The kids laughing, telling me I'm boring just so that I would tickle them

-I got Rach and Mark addicted to Grimm and they in turn got me addicted to Once Upon a Time and Common Law

-Watching the kids while Rach and Mark ran errands. At one point both Emily and Annie were crying hysterically - one upstairs, the other downstairs.

-Jason's funny one liners. The best being "I can't eat licorice, it makes me listen to Satan."

-Cleaning out the carport shed - finding not only typical Grammie and Granddad stuff (tools for the lawn, boxes of boxes, a can full of bar soap, colored toilet paper), but also a bird's nest complete with 3 baby birds. 

-Celebrating Annie's 1st and my 25th birthday

I remembered to pull out the camera only a few days before I left, but I got some way cute pics anyways!

 Annie making faces at me

 Emily wanting a picture with Aunt Katie

 She's so proud of her messy self!

 Jason looking superfly!

 Rach and the kids taped balloons to my door on my birthday. Once I was awake, the kids had fun playing with them.

 Shelly made me a card! The 2 and the 5 are how old I am. While the blue square in the bottom left corner is my face - it actually says "your face" on it. I love it!

Pictures with Aunt Katie!

Annie got a cake all to herself, I had to share mine..oh well, I don't think I'd really want to dig into Annie's once she's through with it.. :)

 Nate did a great job taking these photos of Annie and her cake. I was busy cutting my cake, so I talked him into documenting the experience for me. Thanks again, Nate!

The Birthday Girls!

The Provo House - Now Rach and Mark's place

I spent the last two weeks helping Rach and Mark move from the farm to the Provo house. It was a crazy first few days making multiple trips loading and unloading the truck, but we got it all moved over and the organization commenced. 

Here are pictures of the progress we made:

The formal dinning room (as Mom calls it, I don't have a name for it..)

The upstairs

Downstairs

 They turned the downstairs kitchen into a craft room for the kids - brilliant idea!

Wondering where the fridge and oven went? Well, wonder no more!

This guy is heading to the dump

              

 This guy is in the pantry

It was all kinds of adventuresome trying to get those guys out of the kitchen and to their designated spots. Turns out the oven was wired directly into the wall, not just plugged in - that was fun to discover and fix. Rach wanted the fridge in the pantry, but didn't know if it would really fit. After an hour - and taking off the doors - Mark, Nate, and Dad were able to get it in there. Apparently if you have 3 amazing men working really hard on a problem, it'll fit :)

Kid's room

Shelly, Jason, and Emily share this room. Annie is upstairs in Granddad's old office.

 Play room

The hallway downstairs

They need some pictures of the Gardner side (hence the notes in the frames informing Rach what pictures to put there). It's a good thing we're about to have a family reunion! :)

The backyard

 Rach has been doing some research into how to fix the cement stairs cuz they are in need of some serious help! They plan on having a garden somewhere, still haven't figured out exactly where yet. And they have a wicked awesome swing set that needs to be put together. There's still a few things left to get done, but I'd say it was a successful two weeks :)